While Chennai Super Kings were the most-talked-about team on Twitter during IPL 2019, Mumbai Indians led the battle of mentions during the tense final in which they defeated CSK by 1-run to win their 4th IPL title.

IPL 2019: MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli were among the most-talked-about players on Twitter ( Courtesy by BCCI)

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Chennai Super Kings finished as the most-talked-about team in IPL 2019

Twitter saw a record-breaking 27 million tweets related to IPL during the 2019 edition

Mumbai Indians dominated the conversation on Twitter during IPL 2019 final

Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Bangalore finished Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 with a wooden spoon but the India captain was among the top-three most-talked-about players during the 12th edition of the T20 league.

Helping raise a few eyebrows, Chennai Super Kings off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was more popular than Andre Russell on Twitter than big-hitting Kolkata Knight Riders superstar Andre Russell who took the league by storm, hitting 52 sixes in just 14 matches.

Hardik Pandya, Chirs Gayle, Ravindra Jadeja, Rishabh Pant and David Warner also made the top 10 and in that order.

Unsurprisingly, the most-tweeted-about match was the IPL 2019 final between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings in Hyderabad.

When it comes to the most-talked-about team during IPL 2019, runners-up Chennai Super Kings, led by MS Dhoni, took the honours. Mumbai Indians were second on the list while Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders also made the top 4 even as they finished outside the top 4 in the IPL 2019 points table.

MI dominate CSK during IPL 2019 final

However, on the night of the big IPL 2019 final on Sunday, Mumbai Indians not just defeated Chennai Super Kings on the field but also on the popular social media platform.

The Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) dominated the conversation on Twitter on Sunday when they won the IPL 2019 final, owning 63% of total mentions vs Chennai Super Kings (@chennaiipl) 37%.

Hardik Pandya's 'Golden Tweet' of IPL 2019

The Golden Tweet for IPL 2019 was this Tweet from Mumbai Indians cricketer Hardik Pandya acknowledging MS Dhoni as his friend and source of inspiration. Dhoni and Pandya played each other in the final, but this Tweet shows the strong sportsmanship between opposing IPL sides. The Tweet received nearly 16,000 Retweets.

Also, Twitter saw a record-breaking 27 million Tweets, a 44% increase over 2018’s IPL-related Tweets in IPL 2019 which arguably was one of the most-closely fought editions of the cash-rich T20 league.

"Fans love Tweeting about cricket and this year we saw a record-breaking 27 million Tweets around the IPL 2019 season. Twitter is the best way to see what's happening in the world of sports and to talk about it, so we're thrilled to see this incredible growth in IPL conversations this year," Manish Maheshwari, Managing Director, Twitter India said.

"We are looking forward to enhancing fan experiences on the platform as we go to the second half of the cricket season. We know conversations around the biggest global cricket tournament - the ICC Cricket World Cup is sure to take off on Twitter, too!"